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Shadow Country
- A New Rendering of the Watson Legend
- De: Peter Matthiessen
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 40 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 645
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 384
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 386
Inspired by a near-mythic event on the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the 20th century, Shadow Country re-imagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great American Novel
- De SHAWN en 02-15-09
- Shadow Country
- A New Rendering of the Watson Legend
- De: Peter Matthiessen
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
Confusing
Revisado: 11-05-09
I had a hard time with this story. At one point, I had several pages of notes trying to keep all the characters and their relationships to each other straight. I finally gave up. Then I thought I must have listened to it out of order, since it skips around. I wanted to get the story, but this would be better if you also had the hard copy to refer back to.
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- De: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 18 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32,163
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 20,801
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20,799
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to publish a story exposing an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government. On the eve of publication, the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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irritatingly engrossing
- De David en 03-16-10
- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- De: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
The wait was worth it.
Revisado: 11-05-09
I loved The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire was worth the wait. I was sad to hear of Stieg Larsson's death, as he was a gifted writer. I wish there were more stories, as I love the heroine.
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The Help
- De: Kathryn Stockett
- Narrado por: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 45,751
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30,764
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 30,735
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great surprise!
- De Jan en 12-02-09
- The Help
- De: Kathryn Stockett
- Narrado por: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Cassandra Campbell
I laughed, I cried, I couldn't stop
Revisado: 11-05-09
I loved "The Help". It made me laugh, it made me cry. The author paints such vivid pictures of the characters, and the readers do a great job. I was immersed in the story - I couldn't put it down, and I didn't want it to end. I highly recommend!
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The Truelove
- De: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 331
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 212
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 214
In this 15th installment of the Aubrey-Maturin series, a British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Sandwich Islands at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order. But stowed away in the cable-tier is an escaped female convict.
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4 out of 5 stars
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enjoyable
- De Kindle Customer en 03-20-10
- The Truelove
- De: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
pointless
Revisado: 10-29-09
I just wasted 9 hours listening to this audiobook hoping it would have a point. How anyone rated it 5 stars is beyond me. The story had no point and was filled with sailing jargon in GREAT detail. I do not recommend it.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- De: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 16 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42,022
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26,918
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26,968
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic Mystery with Wonderful Characters
- De Robert en 12-22-08
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- De: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
Great Listen
Revisado: 01-25-09
Loved this book! It held my interest to the end - I invented places to go so I could listen while I drove, and many times I sat at my destination not wanting to get out of my car. I was slightly disappointed in the ending, and hope subsequent stories by Steig Larson bring back the same characters. It is too bad he has passed away.
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The Thirteenth Tale
- A Novel
- De: Diane Setterfield
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato, Jill Tanner
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,456
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,787
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,799
All children mythologize their birth... So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's beloved collection of stories, long famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale. The enigmatic Winter has always kept her violent and tragic past a secret. Now old and ailing, she summons a biographer to tell the truth about her extraordinary life: Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth remains an ever-present pain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply Amazing Story--2 missing chapters
- De JE en 01-28-10
- The Thirteenth Tale
- A Novel
- De: Diane Setterfield
- Narrado por: Bianca Amato, Jill Tanner
great story
Revisado: 10-11-06
I enjoyed this book from the beginning to the end. It is a great story - the author draws you in and paints a very real picture of the characters. I didn't want it to end yet couldn't wait to get to the end. I highly recommend it.
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Water for Elephants
- De: Sara Gruen
- Narrado por: David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,954
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,493
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14,571
Why we think it’s a great listen: Some books are meant to be read; others are meant to be heard – Water for Elephants falls into the second group, and is one of the best examples we have of how a powerful performance enhances a great story. Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Rosie the bull elephant?
- De Randall en 07-22-07
- Water for Elephants
- De: Sara Gruen
- Narrado por: David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones
entertaining
Revisado: 09-26-06
This was a very enjoyable book. The reader was excellent, both the older character as well as his younger self. The content was interesting, and unusual.
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A Bend in the River
- De: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 578
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 380
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 388
In this incandescent novel, V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul gives us the most convincing and disturbing vision yet of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful, insightful, troubling
- De Lawrence en 01-15-05
- A Bend in the River
- De: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
confusing
Revisado: 09-26-06
I was disappointed in this novel. After listening to it for over 10 hrs. the book just ended with no conclusion. Additionally, while the reader was good the book was rather boring.
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Elizabeth and Mary
- Cousins, Rivals, Queens
- De: Jane Dunn
- Narrado por: Donada Peters
- Duración: 19 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 402
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 194
In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a claim to the throne of England, each embodying dramatically opposing qualities of character, ideals of womanliness (and views of sexuality), and divinely ordained kingship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic book
- De Catharina en 05-09-04
- Elizabeth and Mary
- Cousins, Rivals, Queens
- De: Jane Dunn
- Narrado por: Donada Peters
Disappointing
Revisado: 04-25-05
The audio version of the book was hard to follow. It was long and tedious, and kept jumping around in history. I listened to over 7 hrs and couldn't finish it. The reader did a nice job with accents and quotes, but read so fast it was hard to find a spot to stop the book at the end of a sentence. Although if she hadn't read so fast, the book would have been even longer and more unsufferable.
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